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Northern Territory Marine Megafauna Strandings January 2016 - December 2016

Details:

Title

Northern Territory Marine Megafauna Strandings January 2016 - December 2016,

Creator

Whitehead, Catherine A., Griffiths, Anthony D., Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Flora and Fauna Division. Marine Ecosystems,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT,

Date

2017,

Description

"This report summarises marine megafauna (cetaceans, dugongs and marine turtles) strandings throughout the Northern Territory (NT), from January 2016 to December 2016. Stranding records were obtained from a range of sources, including direct reports to Marine WildWatch, Aboriginal sea ranger groups and other organisations (Australian Border Forces, Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Northern Prawn Fishery Industry and NT Fisheries)." - Executive summary,

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Table of contents

Executive summary -- Introduction: Background - NT Marine WildWatch program -- Approach -- Results: Dugongs - Dolphins - Marine turtles -- Discussion: Marine debris -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendices 1-8,

Language

English,

Subject

Cetacea, Marine mammals, Fish strandings, Whales, Dolphins,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Format

vi, 45 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743500996,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/278386,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/278386

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/422405,